Dead Lake

Lake County, IL

MAYBEConfidence · Low

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Main reason

dry conditions across the window

Main risk

a front passing through

MAYBE on Dead Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

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MAYBE

Fri · Jul 24, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Dead Lake in Lake County, IL is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 3 mph out of the northwest, gusting to 9 mph; surface pressure near 1001 hPa on a steady trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 64 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is low; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:39 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind: 3mph
NW · gust 9
Rain / Weather: 0in
Clear
Temp: 64°F
18°C · hum 65%
Pressure: 29.56inHg
Steady

7-Day Fishing Forecast

One read per day — the bite call, the window, the weather behind it

Thu · Jul 23
Window passed
MAYBE
A front passing through
72° / 54°F
3 mph · NWgust 14
0.00 in
↓ -0.1 hPa
Fri · Jul 24
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
77° / 57°F
6 mph · SWgust 18
0.00 in
↓ -3.1 hPa
Sat · Jul 25
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
81° / 66°F
8 mph · Sgust 22
0.05 in
↓ -5.9 hPa
Sun · Jul 26
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
93° / 73°F
7 mph · SWgust 23
0.63 in
↓ -1.9 hPa
Mon · Jul 27
6 AM → 10 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
90° / 72°F
7 mph · Wgust 31
0.25 in
↓ -9.0 hPa
Tue · Jul 28
3 PM → 7 PM
MAYBE
A front passing through
79° / 70°F
7 mph · NEgust 28
0.02 in
↑ +10.6 hPa
Wed · Jul 29
5 AM → 9 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
75° / 70°F
7 mph · NEgust 17
0.43 in
→ +1.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure

Rising

+5.2 hPa over 72h

Rain

Dry stretch

0.00 in totallast 72h

Wind

Gusty

9 mph · gust 37 · W

Temperature

Cooler

-3.8°F over 72h81–57°F range

Weather-only read. Confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

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